Legal Opinion
State v. Langley
Montana Supreme Court
Decided March 22, 2016No. DA 15-0538PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
¶1 James Wallace Langley appeals a judgment of the Eleventh *40Judicial District Court, Flathead County, sentencing him to the Department of Corrections (DOC) for ten years, with five years suspended. We address the following issue on appeal:
Whether the District Court erred when it denied Langley’s motion to withdraw his no contest plea.
¶2 We reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent with this Opinion.
PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND
¶3 On February 6, 2014, the State charged Langley with one count of Arson, a felony, in violation of § 45-6-103(l)(a), MCA. Langley entered into a plea…
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